The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom government has asked President Bola Tinubu to use the money saved from fuel subsidy removal to fund education in the country. FCDO’s representative, Ian Attfield, who made the call at the end of the Inclusive Education project in Nigeria, (Supporting Mainstreaming Inclusion so all can Learn Equally, SMILE), in …

The removal of fuel subsidy and the convergence of the foreign exchange markets – the two major policy objectives President Bola Tinubu has committed himself to since assuming office – inevitably came with economic cost to the people who have had to bear the pains of higher cost of living. The jump in pump price of fuel and devaluation of …

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has decried the hardship Nigerians are facing as a result of petrol subsidy removal by the Federal Government, saying the government should alleviate the suffering. The group also called on President Bola Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance in the country, as it blamed the government for wasting a lot of money on frivolities …

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have urged the Federal Government to reverse the recent increase in fuel price and expedite actions in introducing palliative measures. They also asked the government to declare a state of emergency on youth unemployment in the country. Pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly called fuel or petrol), was raised from N537/litre to N617/litre on …

To cushion the harsh effects of the high cost of transportation as a result of fuel subsidy removal, the management of the University of Ilorin has deployed three luxurious buses to convey students and staff of the institution to and from the campus at peak periods free of charge. In a statement, the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has scheduled a nationwide strike to begin next Wednesday. The PUNCH reports that although a court order last month barred the congress from going on strike, the NLC is arguing that it could not fold its arms while Nigerians continued to suffer the effects of subsidy removal, which has led to untold hardship. The Bola …

Edo State Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO) and other civil rights groups in the state on Monday protested in Benin City, the state capital, against hardship allegedly brought upon Nigerians following the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. In his inaugural address on 29th May, President Tinubu announced the end of fuel subsidy on the ground that the country …

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has unveiled a new transport scheme as part of measures to alleviate the suffering of commuters in the state occasioned by the federal government’s removal of fuel subsidy. Inaugurating 100 taxis and six luxury buses at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall premises in Yenagoa on Thursday, Diri said the initiative was his administration’s palliative …

Against the backdrop of hardship occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petrol, the leadership of the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has directed its members to go to work only twice a week. COEASU also said if nothing was done urgently to arrest the hardship faced by its members, the devastating effect of the situation on ground …

The Ebonyi government has approved N10,000 as addition to its worker’s salary as part of efforts to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. Announcing the approval to reporters after the Executive Council Meeting on Friday in Abakaliki, the state capital, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Chikadibia Okpor said: “The issue of workers’ salaries was raised and deliberated by …